Jupiter

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 * [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00213064.jpg width="102" height="99" caption="Image of "Jupiter""]] || [[image:http://galenet.galegroup.com/images/itkids/pct/00220770-t.jpg width="86" height="96" link="http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?subTopic=Space%2B%2526%2BAstronomy&locID=s0002&failover=0&srchtp=topic&topic=Science%2B%2526%2BMath&c=7&searchTerm=Jupiter&ste=6&tab=1&tbst=tsrch&relDocDisplay=00220770.jpg&docNum=BX3200950591&bConts=39"]] || [[image:http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/133996main_image_feature_413_ys_4.jpg width="88" height="94" align="bottom" caption="Jupiter's Great Red Spot"]] ||
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 * Your Source List:**
 * NASA.gov- Jupiter gets a Close Up**
 * NASA.gov- Jupiietr's Great Red Spot**
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //The Columbia Encyclopedia//, 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits


 * Document Number:** BX3201110792
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits


 * Document Number:** BX3200950608
 * Source Citation:** "Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits


 * Document Number:** BX3200950591

**Topic: Research Focus**
 * What is your topic? Jupiter**
 * State the focus of your research: Overall Jupiter and Atmosphere**

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Jupiter's orbit lies beyond the asteroid belt at a mean distance of 483.6 million mi (778.3 million km) from the sun; its period of revolution is 11.86 years. In order from the sun it is the first of the Jovian planets--Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune--very large, massive planets of relatively low density, having rapid rotation and a thick, opaque atmosphere. Jupiter has a diameter of 88,815 mi (142,984 km), more than 11 times that of the earth. Its mass is 318 times that of the earth and about 21/2 times the mass of all other planets combined.

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. There is also a lot of methane and ammonia. The temperature is -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-128 degrees Celsius), making Jupiter colder than Earth's polar regions. Because of the poisonous gases in the atmosphere and the extreme cold, humans could not survive on Jupiter.

Jupiter is made mostly of hydrogen and helium gases. There is also a lot methane and ammonia. The temperature is -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-128 degrees Celsius). This makes Jupiter colder than Earth's polar regions. Humans could not survive on Jupiter. Jupiter's diameter is approximately 87,000 miles (140,013 kilometers),. It is nearly 11 times larger than the diameter of Earth. Jupiter weighs more than 300 times as much as the Earth

Jupiter has no solid rock surface. One theory pictures a gradual transition from the outer ammonia clouds to a thick layer of frozen gases and finally to a liquid or solid hydrogen mantle. Beneath that Jupiter probably has a core of rocky material with a mass 10-15 times that of the earth. The spot and other markings of the atmosphere also provide evidence for Jupiter's rapid rotation, which has a period of about 9 hr 55 min. This rotation causes a polar flattening of over 6%. The temperature ranges from about -190degF (-124degC) for the visible surface of the atmosphere, to 9degF (-13degC) at lower cloud levels; localized regions reach as high as 40degF (4degC) at still lower cloud levels near the equator.

As Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in 1979, it captured this photo of the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is an anti-cyclonic (high- pressure) storm on Jupiter that can be likened to the worst hurricanes on Earth. An ancient storm, it is so large that three Earths could fit inside it. This photo, and others of Jupiter, allowed scientists to see different colors in clouds around the Great Red Spot which imply that the clouds swirl around the spot (going counter-clockwise) at varying altitudes. The Great Red Spot had been observed from Earth for hundreds of years, yet never before with this clarity and closeness (objects as small as six hundred kilometers can be seen). //Image Credit: NASA//